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    Smart Collection

    Leisure, ceremonial, and celebrations in British Honduras, including a regatta and cricket matches. Followed by plantation work and bridge construction.

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  • Smart Collection: 5: Banana cultivation and trade, British Honduras 1930s
    Smart Collection

    Clearing forest for banana plantation. Cultivation (including air spraying of crops) and harvesting and transportation of the crop to the port for export to Europe. Loading of ocean freighters and ocean voyage (including stop at ...

     
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    Beasley Collection

    Scenes showing work at a gold processing plant on the Gold Coast.

    Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter Henry Beasley in the Gold Coast in the 1930s.

     
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    Beasley Collection

    Sequence of shots of exterior of gold mine. Men with large dead snake. Sequence of very good group and individual posed shots of local people in traditional costume.

    Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter Henry Beasley ...

     
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    Beasley Collection

    Scenes include work at a gold processing plant on the Gold Coast

    Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter Henry Beasley in the Gold Coast in the 1930s.

     
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    Beasley Collection

    Various sporting scenes - tennis, sailing, an African sports event with colonial spectators. Includes sack race, bicycle race, women in running race carrying pots on heads.

    Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter ...

     
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    Lewis-Barned Collection

    Lewis-Barned children in garden of the family bungalow at Bangalore. Playing with cart. Pony riding. Memsabib riding side saddle. Maharaja of Mysore. State Procession and Court Audience. King's Birthday Parade, Secunderabad. ( ...

     
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    Lewis-Barned Collection

    Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards; Children in English garden domestic scenes at Sheringham, Norfolk. Dingy Sailing race competition at Secunderabad near to Hyderabad and presentation of prizes. Visit of Lord Willingdon, ...

     
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    Warren Collection

    Amateur footage showing British life style, local people and shots of the pitch industry in Trinidad in the 1930s.

     
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    Trevelyan Collection

    Shot in Gilgit on the River Indus, in the mountainous area of what is now northern Pakistan. Gymkhana/Pony Race meeting. Potter at his wheel. Visit by RAF biplanes to mountain airstrip . European spectators. Promenade deck of Ocean ...

     
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    Trevelyan Collection

    Shot in Gilgit on the River Indus, in the mountainous area of what is now northern Pakistan.Suspension bridges across deep mountain gorges. Horse riding expeditions in the snow mountains. Tribal gathering with folk dancing.; warrior ...

     
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    Trevelyan Collection

    Shot in Gilgit on the River Indus, in the mountainous area of what is now northern Pakistan. People of Tented settlement in Alpine valley. Moutain men (Tibetains ?) in long coats and daggers posing for photographs and eating. Pack ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast: "The Residency Grounds, Kumasi." The ornamental park grounds of the Official Residency at Kumasi with its tall trees and lawns. The Mansion house and its gardens. The small group of soldiers of the Official Guard on duty ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Atlantic Coast with township fronting beach. Facade of Dutch colonial 18th Century town house of three stories being visited by mixed party of British colonials. Inscription tablet in Dutch on wall of house shown in close up and ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Meeting of the tribes. Some African attendees dressed in European clothes. Tribal chiefs with their ceremonial umbrellas. Children are carried on the heads of their fathers. Tribal images, small statues of Gods are shown and inspected ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    British colonial officer with bus / lorry vehicle onto which local workmen get. Market at jungle village. Communal cooking fires in the communal area long narrow jungle village. British colonial policeman wearing black armband. ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. The bride, Miss Scanlan dressed in her white wedding outfit and carrying bridal bouquet poses for formal pictures on balcony of house before posing again at the entrance to the Residency where she is saluted by one of the ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Sports Day. Tamale? Football field with crowds of African spectators on the touchline. Small boys play the game, which requires them to eat an apple suspended from a string without using their hands or arms. Continuous procession of ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. Lodge holiday retreat deep in hilly country overlooking lake. Young British lady poses in front of Official car, which has Union Jack flying from its bonnet. British official demonstrates the use of Reflex camera to ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. The grounds of Official Residence. Sentry Box at the main entrance with 3 African sentries standing side by side armed with rifles which are at the slope. Tour of the very extensive gardens and grounds concentrating on the ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast British lady dressed in straw summer hat, white belt, and divided skirt demonstrates her tennis shots for the camera on deserted tennis court in the grounds of Residency? An African woman with her child in her arms meets ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Inauguration of Ashantehene.

    See Jackon Collection 1 - fireworks and crowds pushing forward to meet Ashantehene but very underexposed.

    Production / Donor Details: Donor's grandfather, Sir Francis Walter F Jackson was ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. Northern Territories Cattle fair on flat open ground on outskirts of village. British colonial officer in Auctioneer's hutch with roof undertakes Auction before crowd of local people. Other British colonial officers on ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. Northern Territories. Inter Title "Mbofraturo. Bread making." On a large table in the courtyard outside back door of house 3 young girls (2 of whom are African, the third is light skinned and looks European) make bread. ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Gold Coast. Kumasi Saw mill: chipping machinery with wheels and pulleys in full action and being fed by workmen. Two British supervising are glimpsed out side the building. Workmen at Cement mixing plant on building construction site ...

     
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    Jackson Collection

    Northern Territories Gold Coast. This is dark and rather indistinct footage apart from the final sequence. Group of local girls bathing at waterside of riverbank. Girls dancing. General scenes of village people. British brick out ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    New high level road bridge. English lady unpacks her picnic. Busy road with petrol filling station. Carts drawn by heavy oxen. Wells being worked by oxen. Sringer town with its river and river traffic. Kashmir Lakes and pony ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Military biplanes in flight.

    Production / Donor Details: Collection of films shot by Air Commodore Leonard de Ville Chisman DFC CBE (1899-1974) between 1930s and 1950s. Locations include India, Burma, Hong Kong and Malaya ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Water polo match in crowded open air lido.

    RAF servicemen taking part in football match in winter at altitude in front of beer-drinking spectators.

    Production / Donor Details: Collection of films shot by Air ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Voyage on cargo ship along coast of Burma and Malaya to Singapore. Stops

    in the cities of Rangoom (Docks, Buddhist Temples, City centre and Zoo) and Kuala Lumpur. Visits to the interior. Holiday hotels.Rubber Plantation ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Public buildings of Lutyens New Delhi. Street scenes in Old Delhi. Street stalls and pottery shop. Street Dancers. Brtish military officer's residence. Visiting peddlers witih their wares. Visiting musicians. Close study of the ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Railway journney. Busy station scenes. Buildings of Lutyens, New Delhi.

    Indian horse show display. The waters off Bombay docks with sailing dhows. RAF launch with crew and naval ships at anchor. Sunderland Flying boat of ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Passenger life on board ocean liner. Ships wrecked by typhoon? Biplanes making passes at ocean liner. Bombay busy city traffic scenes. 'The Gateway to India'. 'The Taj Mahal Hotel'. Street cavalcade of a Royal Visit?

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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Railway station exit at Peshawar. Shop fronts of quiet rural town with close up of the names of tradespeople. Centre of Peshawar with busy narrow streets and bazaars. RAF 'Walrus' seaplane at rural airfield. Wrestling match ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Journey by car up mountainous roads to Simla through border post. General views of Simla town centre with its buildings and busy street life. British couple go riding in the hills around the town. British military wedding at ...

     
  • Chisman (Keal) Collection: 15. Waziristan (2) 1937
    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    India, North-West Frontier, 1937. Film shows various military scenes, including numerous scenes of the RAF in action, bombing, shooting and dropping leaflets in Waziristan. Also includes scenes of Indian Army in the field, ...

     
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    Chisman (Keal) Collection

    Delhi War Memorial

    Production / Donor Details: Collection of films shot by Air Commodore Leonard de Ville Chisman DFC CBE (1899-1974) between 1930s and 1950s. Locations include India, Burma, Hong Kong and Malaya.

     
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    WT Blake Collection

    Quasi-official detailed guided tour of the Colony of Gibraltar with informative intertitles.

    Production / Donor Details: Major Wilfred Theodore Blake (1894-1968) was a pioneer aviator, author and traveller.

     
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    Rangoon, Mandalay, Penang Funeral', 1930s

     
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    Basden Collection

    Leaving Liverpool. Madeira. Las Palmas. Sierra Leone. Takoradi. Accra. Lagos. Bonny. Port Harcourt.

    Production / Donor Details: George Thomas Basden was a missionary in Nigeria 1900-1935, and Archdeacon on the Niger 1925- ...

     
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    Basden Collection

    Crossing Niger. Young Isaac Waltons. Dancing Class. Asaba, Mbieri, Amawbia. Mbaku (leader run amok) Ugwu-Awba.

    Production / Donor Details: George Thomas Basden was a missionary in Nigeria 1900-1935, and Archdeacon on the ...

     
  • Basden Collection 3: 'Africa Dances' pt 3: Dancing competitions and masks
    Basden Collection

    Dancing competitions and various masks. Umu-Chuku, Mbaku & Amanuke. Grandfather Maw, Enu-Ugwu-Abaw; Spirit maidens (Aghogho Mmonwui); District Officer mask (Onyeocha)?; Native Police masks. Nibo. Umu-Chuku Maws. Mgbedike masks.

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    Basden Collection

    Girls' dance groups.

    Production / Donor Details: George Thomas Basden was a missionary in Nigeria 1900-1935, and Archdeacon on the Niger 1925-1935. He wrote two books ('Niger Ibos' and 'Among the Ibo') about the Ibo of Nigeria, ...

     
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    Basden Collection

    Various scenes on the Niger Delta. River trade. Music. Blacksmith. Mission hospital. Varoius shots of church-going Africans in European dress, numerous African church ministers, African choirboys.

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    Basden Collection

    Various dances and masquerades, possibly at a funeral. Funeral celebrations and sacrifices. Dancing and masks. Final part of film.

    Production / Donor Details: George Thomas Basden was a missionary in Nigeria 1900-1935, and ...

     
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    GIBRALTAR 1930

    We see many views of the rock from different aspects. Views of the town show public buildings, street scenes and items of historical interest. The village of Catalan Bay, St. Michael's Cave, tennis, sailing etc., and evidence of the army and navy ...

     
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    Depicts work of London Missionary Society at the Union Boys' High School at Bishnupur, near Calcutta, India.

     
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    TRAVELOGUE. Life and work of the peasants of Cyprus. This film consists of material shot for the 1929 film CYPRUS, re-edited and with a sound commentary.

    Credits (18). A car drives along a mountain road in Cyprus. A camel caravan. Car approaches ...